Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020

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• § 1 — Short title and commencement

  1.—(1) This Act is the Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020.(2) Paragraph (c) of the definition of “personal mobility device” or “PMD” in section 2(1) and paragraph (c) of the definition of “power‑assisted bicycle” or “PAB” in section 2(1) come into operation on a date that the Minister appoin

• § 10 — Powers of entry, etc., at premises

  10.—(1) An authorised officer may, subject to subsection (2), enter and inspect any relevant premises and do all or any of the following:(a) to examine any thing or observe any activity conducted in or on the premises, including —(i) to detain any package, box, container or other thing in or on the

• § 11 — Power to seize vehicles

  11.—(1) Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a small motorised vehicle or vehicle component is a vehicle or component in connection with which an offence under section 5 or 8 has been or is being committed, the authorised officer may, without warrant —(a) seize the vehicle or vehic

• § 12 — Offence of non-compliance, etc.

  12.—(1) A person commits an offence if the person —(a) without prior permission of an authorised officer, opens, breaks, alters or removes any mark, lock, seal or other safeguard used to secure a package, box, container or other thing under section 10(1)(a)(ii) or (g)(ii); or (b) without reasonable

• § 13 — Offence of providing false information, etc.

  13.—(1) If —(a) a person provides a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information, to the Authority or an authorised officer; (b) the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or th

• § 14 — Composition of offences

  14.—(1) The Chief Executive of the Authority, or any employee of the Authority authorised in writing by the Authority for the purpose of this section, may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence.(2) A compoundable offence may be compounded under this section

• § 15 — Forfeiture of vehicles, etc.

  15.—(1) Subject to this section, all things seized or surrendered under the provisions of this Act are liable to forfeiture by a court.(2) An order for the forfeiture may be made by the Authority in respect of a vehicle or vehicle components seized or surrendered under this Act if the Authority is s

• § 16 — Administration of Act

  16. It is the function of the Authority to administer and enforce this Act.

• § 17 — Authorised officers

  17.—(1) The Authority may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint as authorised officers for the purposes of that provision from among any of the following who are suitably trained to be authorised officers:(a) any individual performing duties in the Authority; (b) any auxiliary police o

• § 18 — Identification cards and equipment

  18.—(1) The Authority must issue to each authorised officer an identification card.(2) Every authorised officer whose appointment as such ceases must return to the Authority any identification card issued to him or her under subsection (1). (3) An authorised officer must produce his or her identifi

• § 19 — Obstructing authorised officers, etc.

  19.—(1) A person who refuses to give access to, or obstructs, hinders or delays an authorised officer in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 mont

• § 2 — Interpretation

  2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised officer”, for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 17 as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision; “Authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore constituted

• § 20 — Preservation of secrecy

  20.—(1) An individual who is or has been an authorised officer must not disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Authority or of any other person which has been obtained by the individual in the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions under this Act, e

• § 21 — Protection from personal liability

  21. No liability shall lie against an authorised officer for anything done or intended to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in the execution or purported execution of this Act.

• § 22 — Offences by corporations

  22.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of a corporation in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a) an officer, employee or agent of the corporation engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent

• § 23 — Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships

  23.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of an unincorporated association or a partnership in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a) an employee or agent of the unincorporated association or partnership engaged in that con

• § 24 — Jurisdiction of courts

  24. Despite the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full punishment for any such offence.

• § 25 — Service of documents

  25.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be given to or served on a person may be given or served as described in this section.(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be given to or served on an individual may be given or served —(a) by giving it to the individual

• § 26 — General exemption

  26. The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act, either generally or in a particular case and subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose.

• § 27 — Regulations

  27.—(1) The Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) In particular, the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may make regulations for any of the following:(a) the grant of im

• § 28 — Presentation to Parliament

  28. All subsidiary legislation made under this Act must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

• § 3 — Purposes of Act

  3. The purposes of this Act are to provide consumers in Singapore with a choice of small motorised vehicles that meet safety standards and that are able to make use of technological advancements by —(a) prohibiting the import into Singapore of small motorised vehicles that do not comply with vehicle

• § 30 — Saving and transitional provision

  30. For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.[32

• § 4 — Act binds Government

  4.—(1) This Act binds the Government.(2) However, nothing in this Act —(a) renders the Government liable to prosecution for an offence under this Act; or (b) prevents any public officer from exercising his or her powers or carrying out his or her duties under this Act or any other written law. (3)

• § 5 — Importing small motorised vehicle needs approval

  5.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person imports a small motorised vehicle; and (b) at the time of import, the person is not permitted to import the small motorised vehicle. (2) A person is permitted to import a small motorised vehicle if —(a) at the time of import, all of the followi

• § 6 — Approvals for import

  6. An import approval for the import of any small motorised vehicle, and the transfer of such approval, may be applied for, and granted or refused by the Authority, only in accordance with the regulations.

• § 7 — Cancellation of import approval

  7.—(1) The Authority may, in the prescribed manner, cancel an import approval for the import of a small motorised vehicle if the Authority —(a) becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted the Authority to refuse to grant the approval, had it been aware of the circumstance i

• § 8 — Breach of purpose of imported vehicle

  8.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person is granted an import approval to import a small motorised vehicle for a purpose specified in the import approval that —(i) is not a sale, letting for hire or other distribution by way of trade of the vehicle in Singapore; and (ii) is not one tha

• § 9 — Purpose for which enforcement powers are exercisable by authorised officers

  9.—(1) An authorised officer may exercise the powers set out in sections 10 and 11 for any of the following purposes:(a) to investigate an offence under this Act reasonably believed to have been committed; (b) to determine compliance with any condition of an import approval for the import of any sm